CORRESPONDENCE

Evening Star, Issue 21621, 17 January 1934, Page 10

CORRESPONDENCE

LABOUR PARTY * TO THE EDITOR. Sir,—The little pamphlet, ‘ Women' and the-Labour Movement,’ written by-' Mrs E.M‘Combs, M.P., has evidently upset your correspondent “ Disillusioned,” as apparently he has learned; a few home truths by reading it,-.‘Jls; it because the message to the workers is so well and ably stated by the first woman M.P. that whoever reads it will have, obtained a clear and concise statement' as. to the meaning of _ the Labour Party’s policy? The Labour Party certainly stands for Socialism, but before such a goal can be reached the public , mind must be educated gradually towards such a change, that is why suitable literature is always on sale at/Labour meetings,'for/in the meantime the duty of the Labour advocate is to help to improve the existing order under Capitalism and make it more tolerable for the wage earners. Bach improvement upon :the present social state is a stepping stone to Labour’s objective, and for making and taking such improvements Labours policy is.deemed by your correspondent to be insincere. It is pamphlets such as have been written by Mrs M Combs and others which have helped the. masses towards a clearer understanding of the present social conditions, and the reason for returning at the recent by-elections Labour representatives, and in increasing in a large measure the Labour vote.—l am, etc., , ' Alice Herbert. January 17.